JH/WAR/2/18 - Correspondence relating to treatment at the Military Hospital (Head Injuries Unit), St Hugh’s College, Oxford

Reference code

JH/WAR/2/18

Level of description

Sub-file

Title

Correspondence relating to treatment at the Military Hospital (Head Injuries Unit), St Hugh’s College, Oxford

Date/s

1944-1945
1987

Quantity & Format

3 items Letters (typescript and MS)

Personal name

Calvert, Cecil A.
Cairns, Hugh William Bell,
Newcombe, Freda

Scope and content

Contains correspondence relating to JH’s treatment for a gunshot wound to the head sustained on active service in N. Africa in 1942 and consists of: a letter, 23.3.44, from Cecil A. Calvert, a surgeon, thanking JH for a gift, an envelope containing correspondence between JH and Sir Hugh Cairns, February 1945, with MS notes by JH concerning his medical condition; and a letter from Freda Newcombe of the Neuropsychology Unit of the Radcliffe Infirmary, 7.10.87, referring to a recent visit by JH and notes supplied by him.

Official correspondence relating to JH’s disability pension is in sub-file JH/WAR/2/2.

JH - Hill Papers
- JH/WAR - [JH's military service in World War II and later material relating thereto]
  - JH/WAR/2 - Correspondence, memoranda and miscellaneous papers
    - JH/WAR/2/18 - Correspondence relating to treatment at the Military Hospital (Head Injuries Unit), St Hugh’s College, Oxford

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